A judge set a Nov. 10 trial date Tuesday for 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo, who could face the death penalty for his alleged role in the sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington area. Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, 42, are accused of killing 13 people and wounding six in a shooting spree last fall. Malvo sported a new, closely cropped haircut at Tuesday's hearing that makes him look more youthful. Defense lawyer Michael Arif said Malvo has been more cooperative and...

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Convicted Washington sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said the devastated reaction of a victim's husband 10 years ago made him feel like "the worst piece of scum on the planet," The Washington Post reported on Sunday. In a rare interview, Malvo, 27, urged the families of victims to try to forget about him and his partner, John Allen Muhammad, so they can get on with their lives. Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the start of Malvo and...

Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo willingly confessed to some of the shootings during a police interview last fall, laughing as he recalled shooting an FBI analyst in the head, prosecutors said in briefs made public Monday. Malvo's lawyers assert that police manipulated a confession about his role in the shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area. He and fellow suspect John Allen Muhammad, 42, have been linked to 20 shootings.

Seven years ago this month, the captured Washington-area snipers -- John Allen Muhammad, 41, and his 17-year old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo -- were in federal custody, accused of 16 shootings and 10 murders. They had set out to create a reign of terror in the Washington area to match the Sept. 11 attacks from the year before. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft had a choice: He could send them to be tried in Maryland, where most of the murders took place, but where the death...

A judge rejected defense arguments Monday that Virginia's death penalty law is unconstitutional and barred photo and video cameras in the courtroom for the trial of teenage sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo. Malvo's lawyer had argued that the instructions given to a jury on when to recommend the death penalty are too vague. Malvo, 18, and John Allen Muhammad, 42, are accused of shooting 19 people--killing 13 and wounding six--in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and...

Imprisoned serial killer Lee Boyd Malvo recently called the daughter of one of his victims to apologize. "I need to apologize for what I've done to you and your family," Malvo, 22, told Cheryll Witz on Sept. 20. Witz said she stood, "bawling my eyes out," at a store a Tucson, Ariz. In March 2002, Malvo shot and killed Witz's father, Jerry Taylor, 60, at a golf course. The Tucson slaying was a precursor to a sniper spree involving Malvo and John Allen Muhammad. ---------- ...

Writings and drawings were taken secretly by officials from a cell block where sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo was held and were incorrectly made public, said attorneys for Malvo and his co-defendant. The two pages of notes and pictures scribbled on the back of Fairfax County jail forms were photocopied and provided to investigators on the task force preparing for the trials of Malvo, 18, and John Allen Muhammad, 42. They were published Sunday by The Washington Post. ...

On Dec. 23, 1783, George Washington resigned as commander in chief of the Army and retired to his home at Mt. Vernon, Va. In 1788 Maryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area for the seat of the national government; about two-thirds of the area became the District of Columbia. In 1805 Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born in Sharon, Vt. In 1867 businesswoman and philanthropist Sarah Breedlove Walker, considered to be the first black female millionaire, was...

Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo has lost his phone and visiting privileges in jail for 25 days for writing to another inmate that a deputy sheriff should be "fatally injured." Malvo, 18, is being held at the Fairfax County Jail on a capital murder charge in the shooting of Linda Franklin, 47, outside a Home Depot store. At a hearing Wednesday, Malvo was found guilty of threatening a jail employee and writing to another inmate. The letter was mailed to a phony address and used the other...

Convicted Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo confessed to police that he and cohort John Allen Muhammad were responsible for the 2002 killing of a 60-year-old man on a Tucson golf course, Tucson authorities said Friday. "He admitted to the killing of Jerry Taylor," said Capt. Bill Richards, commander of the Tucson Police Department's violent crimes division. Richards said Malvo spoke to police in Maryland for two hours Thursday after he was granted immunity from prosecution.

COVER STORY SUMMARY - "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" opens at midnight and fans are ready to exult in the action-packed end of the trilogy. CHICAGO - Cubs give up on getting more night games in 2004. - CTA considers countdown clocks. NATION - Testimony ends in sniper trial of Lee Boyd Malvo. - Boy mauled by family's pet tiger. WORLD - Pope reinforces need for celibacy among the clergy. - Canadian farmer suspect in deaths. SPORTS ...

Convicted Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo met Thursday with Arizona police who are investigating whether he and cohort John Allen Muhammad were involved in a fatal shooting there in March 2002, Malvo's lawyer said. Malvo spent about two hours speaking with Tucson detectives about the shooting, said William Brennan, who would not discuss the substance of the meeting. Tucson police have long sought to speak with Malvo about the death of Jerry Taylor, 60, who died of a single...

Imprisoned serial killer Lee Boyd Malvo recently called the daughter of one of his victims to apologize. "I need to apologize for what I've done to you and your family," Malvo, 22, told Cheryll Witz on Sept. 20. Witz said she stood, "bawling my eyes out," at a store a Tucson, Ariz. In March 2002, Malvo shot and killed Witz's father, Jerry Taylor, 60, at a golf course. The Tucson slaying was a precursor to a sniper spree involving Malvo and John Allen Muhammad. ---------- ...

The Supreme Court refused to intervene Tuesday in a legal fight over same-sex marriage, declining an appeal from a gay California couple who were denied a license to wed. The justices declined without comment to take the case involving two men who had sought a marriage license in 2004 and, after they were turned down, filed a federal lawsuit that challenged laws against same-sex marriage. Oracle settles case for $98.5 million Software maker Oracle Corp. agreed Tuesday to pay $98.5...

A state judge refused Monday to dismiss charges against alleged sniper Lee Boyd Malvo because of an alleged overlap with federal charges. Fairfax Circuit Judge Jane Marum Roush also heard arguments on a change-of-venue motion. Malvo's lawyers had sought to have the Virginia charges thrown out because of a state law that forbids state prosecution when the federal government initiates a prosecution for the same crimes. Malvo's lawyers also were seeking a change of venue, arguing...

Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo pleaded guilty Tuesday to six murders in Maryland's Montgomery County, and his attorneys are trying to forge a wide agreement that would have him also admit his role in shootings in other states. The deal has the potential to give Malvo, 21, what he reportedly wants--a move from Virginia's Red Onion prison to a federal penitentiary--if it includes a plea to the fatal shooting in Washington to which he and John Allen Muhammad have been linked.

Alleged East Coast sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, 18, bragged about his shooting prowess, taunted investigators and said he shot some victims in the head for horrific effect, The Washington Post said Sunday. The Post's story was based on transcripts of Malvo's taped remarks to investigators and a summary after his arrest in October in 13 random shootings that left 10 dead. Malvo reportedly likened the shootings to precision military operations, laughingly pointed to body parts where the bullet hit...

John Allen Muhammad was convicted Tuesday of murder in the 2002 sniper rampage that killed six Maryland residents, ending a trial in which his claim of being framed was eclipsed by his protege's portrayal of Muhammad as creator of a scheme to terrorize the nation. Muhammad, 45, already has been sentenced to death in Virginia. Maryland prosecutors say they will request multiple life sentences to all but assure he would spend the rest of his life in prison in the event the Virginia...

A judge has scheduled a Monday hearing on motions by sniper defendant Lee Boyd Malvo seeking everything from evidence that might point to his innocence to a declaration that Virginia's death-penalty law is unconstitutional. Malvo, 18, and John Allen Muhammad, 42, have been accused of shooting 19 people--killing 13 and wounding six--in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The hearing will address 13 motions filed by Malvo's lawyers, including one...

John Allen Muhammad was convicted of six of the Washington-area sniper killings Tuesday after the prosecution's star witness, Muhammad's young protege, portrayed him as the mastermind of an audacious terror scheme in which phase two would have been bombings against children. Muhammad, 45, already has been sentenced to death in Virginia. The most he can get for the six murders committed in Maryland is life in prison without parole. The jury took slightly more than four hours to...